Rocking the cradle at the Birthplace.
When you’re getting ready for a face-to-face meeting with one of the greatest musical artists of the 20th century—the man who created much of what we know as popular culture today—it’s not so much what you take with you as what you don’t.
You’ll need a few articles of clothing, of course. Nothing fancy (although if you prefer something flashy in honor of the King’s latter days—well, that’s up to you.) Tunes for the road—plenty to choose from there; Elvis recorded more than 70 albums and sold millions. Throw in a few sundries and then just one more to-do: a quick trip upstairs to the old attic to clear out the cobwebs and all the many preconceptions you’ve built up over the years about the man born Elvis Aaron Presley.
There’s Vegas Elvis and Velvet Elvis, Parker’s Elvis and Priscilla’s Elvis, there’s Elvis on screen and Elvis on stage, Elvis the icon and Elvis the idol. But when you travel to Tupelo, Mississippi to the Birthplace, the cradle of rock and roll, what you’re going to meet—
who you’re going to meet—is Pure Elvis, plain and simple. Tupelo gives you the unvarnished, unadorned, unbelievable true story of a genius in the making. And that encounter for many people is completely unforgettable.
Elvis’ amazing journey began—as will yours—in a simple, two-room “shotgun” house…